Watch-case



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0. K. GILES.

WATCH CASE. No. 367,288. Patented July 26, 1887.,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES K. GILES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WATCH-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,288, dated July 26,1887.

Application filed July 18, 1855. Serial No. 172,016. (llIodclJ To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OuAnLns K. GILns, a citizen of the 'United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi-\ nois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWVatch-Oases, whichare fully set forth in the following specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which l Figure 1 is a plan view of awatch-case embodying my invention, a portion of the same being brokenaway to show the construction; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the sametaken on the line w x of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view of the case-lining andoutswinging ring detached; Fig. 4, a view of the case-lining detachedwithout the outswinging ring; and Fig. 5, a

transverse sectional view of the case-lining.

Like letters refer tolike parts in all the ures of the drawings.

My invention relates to watch-cases, its ob ject being to provide acase-lining which shall prevent access of dust to the movement, while atthe same time the movement will be readily accessible for inspection orrepair and to these ends my invention consists in certain .novelfeatures, which I will now proceed to describe, and then specificallypoint out in the claims.

In the drawings, A represents the case proper, which is shown asconstructed in the same manner as the watch-case shown and described inan application filed by me April 27, 1885, Serial No. 163,658. It willbe understood, of course, that I do .not limit myself to any particularform of case in the application of my improvement. WVithin the caseproper, A, is fitted a case-lining, B, which is. open only at its upperface, being preferably constructed of a shell of metal in a singlepiece. This case-lining fits snugly within .the case proper and isretained in position by any suitable means. 7 In the construction shown,the watch-case being adapted to receive a stenrwinding movement, thelining is retained in position by means of the windingstem, which passesthrough it, the lining being provided with an aperture,b, to receive thestem. This case-lining B is provided with an outswinging ring, 0, whichis constructed to receive the watchmovement; The hinge connectionbetween the movement-holding ring 0 and case-lining B consists of aseparate hinge-piece, D, fitting in a recess, d, in the outer surface ofthe case-center B and flush with the said surface. This hinge-piece hashinged to it the movement-holding ring G,and

by means of the case proper, A, when the case- 'lining is in place. Thispiece D is also in this instance perforated at d to permit thewinding-stem to pass through it.

It will be seen that with the above construction the caselining, beingopen only at its upper face, will effectually prevent any access of thedust to' the movement from below, since it incloses the movement com-'is retained in position in the recess or seat (1 pletely as far as itsexposed portions are 0011- cerned. At the same time access can bereadily had to the movement by turning out theoutswingingmovement-holding ring which carries the same.

It is obvious that various modifications in the details of constructionmay be made without departing from the principle of my invention. :Forinstance, the case-lining and outswinging ring may be applied to anysuitable form of case, whether hunter or open face.

I do not wish to be understood as here claiming anything described andshown in the application of It. E. Fenner, Serial No. 168,286, and Ihereby disclaim as of my invention everything that is shown anddescribed in the said Fen nerapplication.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The outer case, in combination with a case-lining provided with arecess or seat of irregular shape located between the two said parts andhaving an aperture to receive the winding-stem, an independent leafofshape corresponding to said seat and adapted to fit within the latterand perforated for the winding-stem,and a movement-holdingring hinged tosaid leaf, whereby the said leaf may be locked in position between thecase and the lining, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

the case-lining B, provided with a recess or 1novelnentholding ring C,hinged to the leaf seat, (Z, in its outer surface, the back portion ofD, substantially as and I'm the purposes speciwhich is Wider than thefront, and having an fled.

aperture, I), for the Windingstem, and the in- CHARLES K. GILES. 5dependent leaf D, shaped like the recess (2, Witnesses:

which it is adapted to closely fit, and per- JOSEPH L. IIAR'DTIG,

forated at d for the winding-stem, and the J. HARRIS.

